Piper Jaffray Expands Healthcare Investment Banking by Adding a Life Sciences Calling Officer
Piper
Jaffray (NYSE: PJC) is pleased to announce the addition of Peter Day
as a managing director in the healthcare
investment banking group. Day will be based in the firm’s Boston
office focused on coverage of the biopharmaceutical sector.
Day brings more than 12 years of healthcare investment banking
experience to Piper Jaffray. He joins the firm from Leerink Swann, where
he was a senior calling officer in the healthcare group and was
instrumental in building their biopharmaceutical business.
"We are excited to have Peter join our team,” commented Chad
Abraham, global co-head of investment banking and capital markets at
Piper Jaffray. “We continue to focus investment capital in our
healthcare franchise to continue enhancing our highly ranked advisory
and equities business. Also, adding a senior calling officer in Boston
adds a strategically important coverage area to our biopharmaceutical
efforts.”
Bob
DeSutter, global head of healthcare investment banking added “Our
healthcare group is a market-leading platform, serving emerging growth
and established clients broadly across life sciences and healthcare
services. Peter’s experience serving clients with advisory as well as
the full suite of capital market products provides a great fit with our
business.”
Piper Jaffray has a global healthcare investment banking and capital
markets team of 46. Since 2007, the team has represented clients in 200
transactions with an aggregate value of $33 billion. In addition, the
firm has 10
senior research analysts covering a broad spectrum of universes,
including medical technology, drug discovery, medical diagnostics, life
science tools, specialty pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and
healthcare services, including information technology, alternate site
providers and contract research.
About Piper Jaffray
Piper
Jaffray is a leading investment bank and asset management firm
serving clients in the U.S. and internationally. Proven advisory teams
combine deep industry, product and sector expertise with ready access to
capital. Founded in 1895, the firm is headquartered in Minneapolis and
has offices across the United States and in London and Zurich. www.piperjaffray.com
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